It sounds like Lightroom 4.1 is a worthwhile upgrade from 3.6, which is what I'm now using. For those of you who are using 4.0, should I upgrade now, or should I wait? Does anyone know if Adobe is likely to offer a free upgrade from 4.0 to 4.1? Also, am I likely to need to upgrade to get RAW support for the new EM5 I have on the way?

Yes, 4.1 will be free. No reason not to upgrade to 4.0 now, unless you want to automatically convert all your existing images to the new 2012 process engine.

There's a bug affecting some conversions, but Adobe (and the user community) don't recommend doing a batch update anyway. Just convert your catalog leaving all the processed images in the 2010 process, and reprocess specific images only when needed.

Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the $50 break applies to the full purchase, not the upgrade. Please let me know if I'm wrong here, because then I'll try and add it to my pre-order.

Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the $50 break applies to the full purchase, not the upgrade. Please let me know if I'm wrong here, because then I'll try and add it to my pre-order.

Thanks,
Dennis

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Ah, didn't realize you already had LR3. Yes I think it's full version that is 50 dollars off.

It usually takes around 1 - 1 1/2 months between the release candidate (out as of a few weeks ago) and the final release. But the release candidate doesn't have E-M5 support, so I'd be surprised if the final version did either.

They update free frequently ,especially as new cameras come out. They stop updating the old Lightroom 3.6 as soon as the LR4 comes out.I wish they would put lens corrections in for micro four thirds lenses. They do this for Canon and Nikon as well as Sigma and others.

They update free frequently ,especially as new cameras come out. They stop updating the old Lightroom 3.6 as soon as the LR4 comes out.I wish they would put lens corrections in for micro four thirds lenses. They do this for Canon and Nikon as well as Sigma and others.

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My understanding is that the lens correction is included in the RAW file for m43 as reported by each lens to the camera. It is applied automatically by Lightroom (and Camera Raw for that matter) when imported. I think it only applies distortion correction though, no vignette correction as some of the lens profiles do.

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